On May 15, 2019, deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit served one search warrant to investigate illegal cannabis cultivation in Loleta. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Humboldt County Environmental Health and HAZMAT Unit and the Humboldt County Planning and Building Department assisted in the service of the warrant.
One parcel was investigated during the service of the warrant. The parcel did not possess the required county permit and state license to cultivate cannabis commercially.
During the service of the warrant, deputies eradicated approximately 5,605 growing cannabis plants. Deputies also discovered a non-permitted butane honey oil (BHO) lab.
Casey William Moore, 41, of Trinity, CA, was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of manufacturing a controlled substance, cannabis cultivation without a permit and possession of cannabis for sales, in addition to a felony warrant for violation of probation.
Juan Francisco Tolriquiac, 34, of Loleta, was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of manufacturing a controlled substance, resisting arrest, cannabis cultivation without a permit and possession of cannabis for sales.
Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip Line at (707) 268-2539.
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